for survival after the sinking of the Rooseboom was based on survivor and Argyll and Sutherland Highlander Walter Gibson's book The Boat: Paris is commemorated on the Kranji War Memorial in Singapore. References External links Rooseboom Sinking Generals of World War II 1890 births 1942 deaths British Army brigadiers of World War II British Plymouth Brethren English evangelicals British Army personnel of World War I Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Recipients of the Military Cross Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry officers Military of Singapore under British rule British Army personnel killed in World War II Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Melvill family Military personnel from Portsmouth People from Portsea, Portsmouth